Summer has arrived on the French Mediterranean, where the magical light, emerald waters and idyllic landscapes have always ...

At the turn of the millennium, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell faced a crisis. They were £1.5 million in debt after spending 17 years trying to run a farm that simply wouldn't grow the ...

Demand has only increased since, even as supply has dwindled. Indeed, when people nowadays talk about cigars, they talk mostly of having trouble finding them. Various geopolitical and climatic issues ...

A beefed up version of Aston Martin's DB12 moves the needle in more ways than one, as Matthew MacConnell explains.

The judges have judged, the awards have been awarded — and these are the gardens that won the prizes at this year's Chelsea ...

Nicholls speaks to Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon.

From the moment the gates opened at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, at 7am on Monday, the London borough has felt like the centre of the universe — or, at least, Country Life's universe. At our stand, ...

From aristocratic pointers to glamorous Dalmatians, season two of 'Rivals' is packed with scene-stealing dogs. We paused, ...

I love the Skipping Stone table by sculptor-furniture-maker Christopher Kurtz (www.christopherkurtz.net) for its shape and patina. He works hardwood into forms that will only get better with age. I ...

Together with tales of spectral apparitions, many mysteries surround the building of Chavenage. What is certain is that the ...

The coveted Gold Medals are the preserve of the RHS's elite band of judges — but our team in SW3 had a different take on the ...